Occupy Wall Street Protests Evolved From Magazine Appeal

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NY 'Occupy Wall Street' Protests Evolved from Magazine Appeal

NEW YORK (AP) -- Early this year, the editors of a Canadian anti-establishment magazine watched Egyptians demanding democracy in Cairo, and young Spaniards camping out in city centers to protest high unemployment, and wondered, "Why isn't this happening in America?"

So in an Internet posting in mid-July, Adbusters suggested a time -- Sept. 17 -- and a place -- Wall Street -- for people to make a stand. The editors didn't organize any activists, or even visit New York, but thousands of people took their idea and made it real.

"All of us had this feeling that there was this powerful wave of rage rising up in America that hadn't found its expression yet," said magazine co-founder Kalle Lasn, who came up with the idea for the demonstration with Adbusters editor Micah White.

The Vancouver-based magazine audaciously called for 20,000 "redeemers, rebels and radicals" to flood lower Manhattan and occupy Wall Street for a few months. The crowds have been substantially smaller than that, and another key part of the original Adbusters call -- that the protesters come up with "one simple demand" -- has yet to materialize.

But the demonstration has created a political buzz and inspired dozens more encampments across the U.S.
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So the question is will this fact be used to argue that the movement was caused by foreign sources (even though these foreigners are Canadian) and thus could be considered subversion, thus justifying stamping them and their adherents (the protesters) out in one way or another? Will this be eventually used to claim that any critical ads advocating protest be considered subversion?

Will the people who conceived of this idea, and/or the protesters be placed on Obama's Kill or Capture List (after all protest is a low-level form of terrorism, now isn't it ;))?
 
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NY 'Occupy Wall Street' Protests Evolved from Magazine Appeal



So the question is will this fact be used to argue that the movement was caused by foreign sources (even though these foreigners are Canadian) and thus could be considered subversion, thus justifying stamping them and their adherents (the protesters) out in one way or another? Will this be eventually used to claim that any critical ads advocating protest be considered subversion?

Will the people who conceived of this idea, and/or the protesters be placed on Obama's Kill or Capture List (after all protest is a low-level form of terrorism, now isn't it ;))?
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I'm just curious as to why they picked Wall Street. It seems that (in my opinion) Canadians often strive to assert their independence.
 
The protests were started by Adbusters magazine. In addition to dabbling in antisemitism, they're radical anticapitalists of an anarchist bent who advocate violent revolution.
 
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Will the people who conceived of this idea, and/or the protesters be placed on Obama's Kill or Capture List (after all protest is a low-level form of terrorism, now isn't it ;))?
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INRM said:
Will the people who conceived of this idea, and/or the protesters be placed on Obama's Kill or Capture List (after all protest is a low-level form of terrorism, now isn't it ;))?
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The drones are flying already:

 
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